Psychosomatic Medicine - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Quality improvement of multiple choice examinations: in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy, and neurology]

27 Feb 2009 We describe a continuous improvement process in planning, performance, and evaluation of multiple choice examination questions in psychiatry, neurology, psychosomatic medicine, and psychotherapy. We analyzed 640 multiple choice questions of 1,419 ... Read more...

The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part II: clinical applications and implications for research.

3 Feb 2009 During the second half of the last century, biopsychosocial research in psychosomatic medicine largely ignored the brain. Neuroscience has started to make a comeback in psychosomatic medicine research and promises to advance the field in important ... Read more...

The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part I: historical context, methods, and relevant basic science.

3 Feb 2009 Neuroscience was an integral part of psychosomatic medicine at its inception in the early 20th century. Since the mid-20th century, however, psychosomatic research has largely ignored the brain. The field of neuroscience has burgeoned in recent ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychosomatic Medicine - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Quality improvement of multiple choice examinations: in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy, and neurology] 27 Feb 2009
• The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part II: clinical applications and implications for research. 3 Feb 2009
• The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part I: historical context, methods, and relevant basic science. 3 Feb 2009
• Psychosomatic medicine and consultation-liaison psychiatry in Hungary. 30 Jan 2009
• [Reproductive techniques and concepts of psychosomatic medicine] Dec 2008
• Toward defining the scope of psychosomatic medicine practice: psychosomatic medicine in an outpatient, tertiary-care practice setting. 30 Oct 2008
• Consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine in the Republic of Bulgaria. 30 Jan 2008
• [Consultation-liaison psychiatry and general hospital psychiatry in the Netherlands: on the way to psychosomatic medicine] 30 Dec 2007
• Pediatric psychosomatic medicine: an annotated bibliography. 29 Apr 2007
• Appendix 1. Diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research. 30 Dec 2006
• Development of a new assessment strategy in psychosomatic medicine: the diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research. 30 Dec 2006
• Cognitive-disorder diagnoses in inpatient psychosomatic-medicine consultations: associations with age and length of stay. 30 Aug 2006
• Implementation and interpretation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia measures in psychosomatic medicine: practice against better evidence? 29 Jun 2006
• Diamonds in the coalface: new research in consultation-liaison psychiatry. 27 Feb 2006
• Short- and long-term efficacy of brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with chronic temporomandibular disorder pain: a randomized, controlled trial. 19 Feb 2006
• The biopsychosocial approach to adolescents with somatoform disorders. 30 Jan 2006
• Multitrait-multimethod investigation of a novel body image measurement technique. 29 Nov 2005
• [Psychotherapeutic medicine] 29 Nov 2005
• [Using content analysis in cross-cultural psychosomatic research] 29 Nov 2005
• Transplantation okay--psyche okay? Reflections on psychosomatics in the field of organ transplantation. 29 Jun 2005

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Technical information about 'Psychosomatic Medicine'

Definition: A system of medicine which aims at discovering the exact nature of the relationship between the emotions and bodily function, affirming the principle that the mind and body are one.

Descriptor UI: D011611

Alternative terms: Psychosomatic Medicine; Medicine, Psychosomatic;

Related Mesh Headings: Psychophysiologic Disorders; Psychophysiology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.830;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; differentiate from PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS, the patient; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (PHYSIOLOGY) see PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY is available; also Manual 27.12; DF: PSYCHOSOMATIC MED